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Hausfeld & Co LLP Offices
12 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DW
England
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Ned Beale
Work Department
Commercial & Financial Services Disputes
Position
Partner, London
Career
Ned Beale is a leading commercial disputes lawyer who specialises in complex commercial litigation and commercial arbitration.
He regularly appears in international arbitration as counsel, advocate and arbitrator, including before ICC, LCIA and ad hoc tribunals. He was named UK’s Litigator of the Year by Legal Week at their 2019 Litigation & Arbitration Awards.
Ned has extensive experience dealing with contractual claims, including recently claims arising out of Covid-19 and Brexit related disruption, shareholder disputes, warranty, earn-out and other post-M&A claims, aviation matters and disputes in the manufacturing, engineering and technology sectors. He has significant experience advising on both the claimant and defendant sides. Ned’s long track-record of acting in banking matters includes retail and structured finance disputes, as well as acting for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking in the Supreme Court.
Previously at Trowers & Hamlins LLP where he led the international arbitration practice.
For more info, please visit ‘Who we are’ on www.hausfeld.com.
Memberships
Fellow (FCIArb) – Chartered Institute of Arbitrator
Member – LCIA
Member – CEDR Commercial Arbitrators Panel
Member and past president – the Litigation Commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Hausfeld & Co LLP‘s ‘driven, focused, accomplished and experienced team‘ comprises sector specialists in finance, aviation, and claimant-side insurance. In November 2022, the ICC appointed Ned Beale to the International Chamber of Commerce’s UK Arbitration and ADR Committee; London commercial disputes head John McElroy focuses on complex financial services and contractual disputes; and Lucy Pert routinely manages international, cross-border commercial arbitrations. Elected the firm’s first female managing partner in London in early 2022, Lianne Craig has strong connections to the Spanish market.
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
Litigation boutique Hausfeld & Co LLP fields a ‘very focused, efficient, and on the ball’ team, acting for a vast range of longstanding premium clients. ‘Polished operator’ John McElroy is the head of the ‘always collaborative’ team, recently acting on Covid-19 related matters. Noted practitioners include the ‘excellent’ Lianne Craig, who is the managing partner of the firm, ‘super responsive’ Ned Beale, and Anna Gilbert, who has ‘one of the sharpest legal minds’.